Check out this lathe!

[Cameron Wood]

I'm not a turner, but this is worth a look- never seen one like it.

Cheers, Jay


https:// sfbay.craigslist. org/nby/tls/d/sebastopol-vb36-wood-bowlturning-lathe/7589943770.html

[Earl McLain]

That's actually a very good price, especially with all the goodies. Not guessing at shipping, but new retail has to be pushing the $25k range, maybe a tad more. Out of my league, but a worthy machine.
steinert® VB36 (drechslershop.de) (https://drechslershop.de/en/machinery/woodturning-lathes/steinert-vb36/?p=1)

earl

[Perry Hilbert Jr]

A few years ago, I visited a turner on the SE side of Baltimore that had a larger lathe with a 48 inch face plate. I have not seen it, but I am told there is a member of my turning club that has a lathe that can handle items to 10 or 12 feet in diameter. and over head cranes just to lift the work up to the spindle. The scale of such a thing is simply beyond anything I would want to do. A few years ago on craigs' list there was a lathe for turning porch columns, up to 14 or 18 ft between centers. (That would be some segmented turning)

[Cameron Wood]

Speaking of good price, there is also this: nice up-and-running rig

https:// reno.craigslist. org/tls/d/gardnerville-delta-rockwell-wood-lathe/7589228045.html

[Cameron Wood]

A few years ago, I visited a turner on the SE side of Baltimore that had a larger lathe with a 48 inch face plate. I have not seen it, but I am told there is a member of my turning club that has a lathe that can handle items to 10 or 12 feet in diameter. and over head cranes just to lift the work up to the spindle. The scale of such a thing is simply beyond anything I would want to do. A few years ago on craigs' list there was a lathe for turning porch columns, up to 14 or 18 ft between centers. (That would be some segmented turning)

If you're in Norcal, that may have been right near me. the lathe was so big that it was set in a recess in the concrete floor. I had gotten porch columns in the past, and bought a unit of lumber recently as he was shutting down the business. He said he did find a buyer for the machines, in central Cal.